¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayers, he declareth his griefes and afflictions, he wisheth auengment of his enemies, who pretending frendship and familiaritie, craf∣tyly seeketh his dishonour. Finally, he sheweth what comfort he hath taken, in that God wyll helpe him, and destroy his aduersaries.
[unspec A] 1 O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer: and hide not thy selfe from my pe∣tition.
2 Take heede vnto me, and heare me: I can not choose but mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse.
3 [Deliuer me] from the voyce of the ene∣mie, and from the “ 1.1 present affliction of the wicked: for they are minded to do me mischiefe, and are set malitiously a∣gainst me.
4 My heart trembleth within me: and the feare of death is fallen vpon me.
5 Fearefulnes and trembling are come vpon me: and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me.
6 And I sayde, O that I had wynges like a doue: for then woulde I flee a∣way, and be at rest.
[unspec B] 7 Lo, then woulde I fleeing get me a∣way farre of: and remayne in the wyl∣dernesse. Selah.
8 Then woulde I make hast to escape: from the stormie wynde, [and] from the tempest.
9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde, and deuide [them]: for I haue seene oppres∣sion and strife in the citie.
10 They do compasse it day and night within the walles: mischiefe also and * 1.2 labour, are in the midst of it.
11 Malice is in the midst of it: disceipt and guyle go not out of her streates.
12 Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour, for then I coulde haue borne it: neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me, for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him.
13 But it was euen thou whom I estee∣med as my selfe: my guyde, and myne owne familier companion.
14 We delighted greatly to conferre our [unspec C] secretes together: we walked deuoutly in the house of God felowe lyke.
15 Let death sodainly come vpon them, let them go downe quicke into hell: for wickednes is in their dwellinges and among them.
16 As for me I wyll crye vnto the Lord: and God wyll saue me.
17 In the euening and morning, and at noone day wyll I pray, and that most instantly: and he wyll heare my voyce.
18 He hath redeemed my soule through peace frō the battayle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 The Lorde who sitteth [a ruler] from the beginning, wyll heare [me] and af∣flict them, Selah: forsomuche as there is no chaunge in them, and for that they do not feare God.